LSD Essays & Research Papers

Association Between LSD Use and an Increased Likelihood of Developing HPPD

3 Pages 1532 Words

According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, in 2016 more than 3 million Australian’s used illicit drugs and the statistics are continuing to increase (“Illicit use of drugs Overview - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare”, 2019). The serious consequences of using drugs continues to rise as 1 in 10 people had been victimized due to drug related...

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Arguments for the Legalization of Marijuana and LSD in the United States

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Over the past few weeks of this quarter, our Health and Drugs class has discussed a lot of information about drugs, drug properties, and the schedules in which they are classified by the Controlled Substance Act in 1970. Based off the information we have gone over in class and some extra research, it is apparent our drug schedule’s need to...

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Influence of LSD on Albert Hoffman’s Life: Case Study

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At first, you feel nothing. As the tablet dissolves, reality does as well. You look around the room. The room is spinning almost pulsating. It’s as if the world is breathing. It all started by taking a small tablet. This tablet is a form of Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). LSD is a widely used drug that has affected various people...

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Analytical Essay on LSD: History, Effects, and Mechanisms

6 Pages 2797 Words

LSD, also known as Lysergic acid diethylamide-25 is a potent drug that is in fact, the most powerful out of all of the hallucinogens psychedelic drugs, this is due to the fact that is is approximately 100 times stronger than psilocybin and 4000 times stronger than mescaline. This drug changes a person’s mental state by changing, altering, and distorting the...

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Analytical Essay on LSD: Principles of Work and Negative Consequences of Use

3 Pages 1627 Words

Introduction Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) also colloquially known as “acid” is a psychedelic drug often criticised as being dangerous and delusion inducing but is also heralded by many scientists and psychologists as mind expanding, wonder drug. LSD is a derivative of ergot; ergot is a fungus which frequently grows on both rye and wheat. For centuries ergot was utilised as...

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Analytical Essay on Drug Abuse: Case Study of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide or LSD

5 Pages 2316 Words

Introduction Lysergic acid diethylamide, also known as LSD, or “acid,” is considered the best-known and most researched psychedelic or hallucinogenic drug. [footnoteRef:1] It is made from a lysergic acid compound found in ergot, a fungus that grows on grains. [1: Passie,Torsten , John H. Halpern, Dirk O.Stichtenoth, Hinderk M. Emrich, and Annelie Hintzen. 'The Pharmacology of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide: A...

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Analysis of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD): Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism and Excretion

4 Pages 1668 Words

Introduction Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) was first synthesized in 1938 by Albert Hofmann (Passie, Halpern, Stichtenoth, Emrich, & Hintzen, 2008). It is a prototypical hallucinogen and has one of the most potent hallucinogenic effects (Wacker et al., 2017). LSD is derived from lysergic acid and there are four optically-active isomers known (Passie et al., 2008). Out of four isomers, d-...

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